#BC4C52#BC4C52

#BC4C52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.145 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C52
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 82)
HSL	hsl(357, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 45.62, 19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 49.75, 23.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1361 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.145 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8486, 16.4726, 9.8520)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C52 #4CBCB6

analogous

#BC4C8A #BC4C52 #BC7E4C

triadic

#BC4C52 #52BC4C #4C52BC

tetradic

#BC4C52 #8ABC4C #4CBCB6 #7E4CBC

square

#BC4C52 #8ABC4C #4CBCB6 #7E4CBC

split-complementary

#BC4C52 #4CBC7E #4C8ABC

monochromatic

#67272A #94373C #BC4C52 #CD797D #DDA5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC4C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C52

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C52	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.145 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68382',
    500: '#bc4c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c52;
$custom-light: #d68382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.786,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56578,
    "c": 0.14467,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C52

secondary

#99CAC8

accent

#D5CE53

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C52

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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